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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Thorpe, Thomas

Although he gave his birth year as 1892 on his attestation papers, Thomas Thorpe was born on 2 December 1891 in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England. Littleport is located about 60 kms southeast of Peterborough. His parents were Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth (née Pope) Thorpe, both born in Littleport. The couple had married in 1889. Over the… Read More »

Sanson, Ralph

Although he gave his birth date as 20 September 1888 on his attestation papers, Ralph Sansom (spelling later changed to Sanson) was born on 25 September 1887 in Emery, York, Ontario. Emery later became known as a neighbourhood in north Toronto. His father Alfred Sansom was from London, England while his mother Sarah Ann Sutton… Read More »

Lee, Sanford Clarence

Private Sanford Clarence Lee was the son of Delmer Lee and Kizzie Bryant of Vici, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Delmer was a farmer and he and his wife were both born in Illinois. They were married in December 1879 in Marion County, Illinois and Sanford was born on 2 January 1881, mostly likely in Odin Township, Marion… Read More »

Horley, Walter Allison

Private Walter Allison Horley enlisted in December 1915 and served for two years in Canada and Great Britain. He was discharged for medical reasons in December 1917. Walter was the oldest son of William Timms Horley and Ordessa (Daisy) Ann Smith of Barwick, Ontario. William was a farmer and he and his wife were both… Read More »

Travis, Herbert Gordon

Herbert Gordon Travis was born on 18 October 1889 in Birtle, Manitoba. His father Herbert Travis, a music teacher/professor, was from England while his mother Edith Florine Emily Wood was from Arkona in southwestern Ontario, having moved to Manitoba with her parents and siblings as a child. The couple married on 11 March 1885 in… Read More »

Giles, Robert Edward

Driver Robert Edward Giles was the only son of Jesse Adam Giles and Mary Ann McDonald. Jesse was from London, England and Mary Ann was born in Proton, Ontario. They were married in 1890 in Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario and Robert was born on 18 January 1892 in the neighbouring township of Saugeen. He… Read More »

Bailey, William

According to his attestation papers William Bailey was born on 01 May 1880 in Boundary, Leicestershire, England. His father was Thomas Bailey. By 1911 William was living in Kenora, Ontario, Canada working as a labourer. The census records that he came to Canada in 1905. On 15 November 1915, William enlisted with the 94th battalion… Read More »

Norberg, Charles Edward

Charles Edward Norberg was born on 20 August 1891 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Charles Eric Norberg was from Sweden while his mother Marguerite Jensen was from Denmark, the couple marrying in Rat Portage. At the time of the marriage Charles Sr’s occupation was given as fireman, later given… Read More »

Ivanovitch, Ladimier

According to his attestation papers, Ladimier Ivanovitch was born 25 May 1892 in Russia.  In 1917 he was drafted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He signed his attestation papers on 11 November of 1917 in Winnipeg. It was noted that he was a defaulter, meaning he had not shown up when first called. At that… Read More »

Burlington, George Franklin (Frank)

Although a birth record was not found, according to a family tree on ancestry.ca, George Franklin Thomas (Frank) Burlington was born on 9 November 1889 in Minnedosa, Manitoba. His father John Charles Burlington, a carpenter, was from Chicago, Illinois while his mother Anne Mary Powell was from Ontario. The couple gave birth to their first… Read More »